Jesus Teaches about Divorce
1 Then Jesus left that place, went to the province of Judea, and crossed the Jordan River. Crowds came flocking to him again, and he taught them, as he always did.
2 Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. "Tell us," they asked, "does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?"
3 Jesus answered with a question, "What law did Moses give you?"
4 Dt 24.1-4;Mt 5.31Their answer was, "Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away."
5 Jesus said to them, "Moses wrote this law for you because you are so hard to teach. 6 Gn 1.27;5.2But in the beginning, at the time of creation, ‘God made them male and female,’ as the scripture says. 7 Gn 2.24‘And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,10.7: Some manuscripts do not have and unite with his wife.8 and the two will become one.’ So they are no longer two, but one. 9 No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together."
10 When they went back into the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter. 11 Mt 5.32;1 Co 7.10,11He said to them, "A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife. 12 In the same way, a woman who divorces her husband and marries another man commits adultery."
Jesus Blesses Little Children
Matthew 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17